Thielen — #8854 US boys' name
112 babies named Thielen in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 38% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Thielen was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Thielen in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thielen
The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Thielen between 2018 and 2024, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thielen currently holds the #8854 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thielen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Thielen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Thielen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thielen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 112 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Thielen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thielen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2018
- Peak year (2019)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
Currently ranks #8854 among boys.
112 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 34 births in a single year.
Thielen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 57 births that decade — 51% of Thielen's all-time total
Thielen decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Thielen's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Thielen by state
Where Thielen concentrates geographically — total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 27 | 24.1% |
| #2 | South Dakota | | 5 | 4.5% |
27 of 112 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 24.1% of nationwide
- South Dakota 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 24.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2018–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.